Verdant Recs hosted the Sunday sounds of Funk in the Forest festival in Wales. Playing alongside my son Henry and Lexia, 5 hours drifted by whilst dropping a mish mash of soothing, heady tunes and beautifully presented through Bosun Sound's gorgeous sound system. Here's an abridged, studio redo to remind !

Music from

JS Zeiter /The Code & Darkness (EK!)

Toki Fuko /Being Yourself (Confluence)

Pub /Overcome (Ampoule)

Artefakt /Wolf Number (Delsin)

Marow /Inter 3 (IDO)

The Irresistible Force /Moonrise (Rising High Records)

John Hassell /Cool Down Coda (Ndaya)

Hiroshi Yoshimura /Street (Light in the Attic)

Talk Talk /Desire (Parlaphone)

Albrecht La'Brooy /The Sherbrooke (Analogue Attic)

Lord of the Isles /Parabolas of Neon (Firecracker)

Holovr /The Light (Further Records)

Martinou /The Last Hour (Freund Der Familie)

James Bernard & Brock Van Wey /Lamentations in Light (Past Inside the Present)

Bv Dub /White Clouds Drift On & On (Echospace [Detroit])

ASC /Moments of Despair (Auxiliary)

About Face /The Water That Glows Like Dancing Glass Cuts Crimson (Coordinates)

David Morley /Fashion (De:tuned)

Model 500 /Neptune (R&S)

Dozzy Plays Bee Mask /Vapourware 7 (Spectrum Spools)

Model 500 [Moritz Mix] /Starlight (Metroplex)

Intrusion /A Gentle Embrace (Echospace [Detroit])

Yagya /Sleepygirls (Delsin)

Valentino Mora & Yoshitake Expo /Astrometric Effect (IDO)

Donato Dozzy /Lucrezia (Spazio Disponibile)

Claudio PRC & Saffronkeira /Mare Tranquillitatis III (012)

Reload /Rhodes 6-8 (Evolution)

Traumprinz /I Gave My Life (Giegling)

Tys /Astral (Simpler Times)

Underworld /M.E (Junior Boys Own)

i had a brilliant time at Jules' and Julian's recent 50th celebration. Here's a redo of the set for our jaded memories. Shouts to all the dancers, smilers and not least the birthday boys!

Genius of Time

Petra & Co

Aaron Carl

Mike Huckaby

Anton Zap & Jus'Ed

Vince Halliburton

Ostrich

Hidden Sequence

Gari Romalis

Sasha Peraukhin

Brian Harden

Glen Underground

Delano Smith

Thor [Octal Industries Remix]

Aril Brikha

Paul Mitchell

Vince Watson

ANF

David Aggrella

Human Space Machine

Orbital [Psychic Warriors ov Gaia Remix]

Kirsty Hawkshaw [James Holden Edit]

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Closing out HSJ @ Volume 20….leave them wanting more…..possibly? Thanks to all the selectors, listeners and followers. This series started out as a bit of fun and should always be considered as that but overall the music and sets have been top class.

Underworld /Dirty Guitar

Boccagrande /Precedere

Lord of the Isles /dfsant 1A

Massimiliano Pagliara /Magic Serials

Vincenzo /Your Remind Me

Move D /The Circle

Deepsace /Shinjuki Lights 07

Enrica Falqui & Claudio PRC /Amygdala

Ken Kojima /エトスママ

Eversines /Connection

DJ Longsleeve /Owner of a Lonely Heart

Chris Brann /What You Are

HVL /Away From Everything We Know (Reflektor Remix)

Bambounou & Priori / C.R.U.S.H

Ross Alexander /Reflections

Simic /Mad Mechanic

Mind Helmet 20 /A3

Aurora Hallall /Eternal Blue [Wata Iragashi Remix]

Abacus /Decadent Dub

Diego Gamez /New Horizon

Vakula /Quantum Voyage

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More soup from Scott Braithwaite. At a memorable all back to mine from FARR festival (some years ago) Scott Jumped on the decks and immersed himself in my dub techno records. It was soon apparent to me that he had a great affection for the genre and so a natural selection for this series. Volume V is laid down from his own, vast collection of deep and tasteful records!

Arne Weinberg - Electic Spiral.

Chaos In The CDB & Jon Sable -Te Puke Thunder .

OK EG- Duel Path.

Jeremiah R - The Deep.

Satoshi Tomiie -N01.

Move D - All You Can Sweep.

Snad - Stolen Stezz.

Monty Luke - Bob Molly.

Daniel Sefanik- Echoes.

Blackwall & Bookless-Morgans Freeman (Fred P Reshape)

DJ Deep- Swamps.

Russ Gabriel -The Multicoloured Mind.

Rogue Signal - Barrier Rhythms.

Save Your Atoll- The Big Breath.

Na Nich - Karpati

Kyle Hall- Crimson Clouds.

Laurent Garnier- Resonances From The D.

Paul Bennett -After All The Tomorrow's Become Yesterday's.

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Roy's Heady Rub

Neil Tolliday /X Marks the Spot (Spirit Wrestler)

Priori /Thick Air [Loidis Reconstruction] (NAFF)

Vril /Secondary Devices [ft Edward George] (Kynant)

Yassin Omidi /Sluber Dub (Mosaic DBS)

Legsman /Thankful Dub (Legsman)

Blue Channel /Chant Down [Deadbeat’s Trippin’ Down The Stairs Dub] (Lempuyang)

Giacamo Pellegrino /Dub 004 (Introspection Audio Limited)

Matthew Oh & Dot /Horizon (Outlaw)

Cv313 /Spectral Vector (Alt Dub)

Cv313 plays Mike Huckaby [Federsen Live Dub] (Echosapce [Detroit])

Basic Channel /Presence (Basic Channel)

Evigt Mörker /Frihet (Northern Electronics)

Estrato Aurora & Siarem /Feugo (Appian Sounds)

Eduardo De La Calle /Slowlife [remix] (Analogue Grooves)

Underworld /mmm Skyscraper I Love You (Junior Boys Own)

So Oishi /The Opposite Shore (SoHaSo)

Claudio PRC /Subversive (Delsin)

Varro /After The Rains (Test Print)

JS Zeiter /Resistance (MCMLXV)

Vril /Bruch Im Nullpunkt [Parallel Nine Remix] (Kynant)

Soultek /Holding Onto That Feeling (Soundshift Detroit)

Theorem /Fallout (M_Nus)

VR June 2025

The Real Techno Group recently hosted this mix from me .......

Blurb.....Andy has been collecting electronic music and dancing into the mornings since the late 80s. He's the ears and energy behind Verdant Recordings, a label supporting diverse music from new and established producers since 2016. Latterly he teamed up with Jamie Exalt for their Vertex side project. When "Overcast" from the forthcoming Rain on Window EP by Havantepe left a notable impression on the Real Techno group, Andy offered to record a set around this flavour of techno - a sweet spot for his tastes in deeper sounds. As Ulf & Ralf with a close friend, he's been dabbling with some productions and they contribute a remix on the Havantepe EP alongside Stojche.

Links:

Havantepe "Rain On Window" released on 14th July

https://verdantrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/rain-on-window

SC: https://soundcloud.com/verdant-recordings

Verdant Recordings is on the road at Funk in The Forest next weekend:

https://ra.co/events/2086442

Spooky /Orange Coloured Liquid (Test Pressing Recordinngs)

Polygonia /Nightfalll (Monument)

Nthng /Spirit of Ecstacy (Lobster Theremin)

Taction /Caesious (AD)

Elutan Selona / Dimersa (Sewer Sender)

Eversines /Assemble (Wex)

Deniro /Zoom 303 (трип)

Knowone /Knowone 6.5B (Knowone)

Sterec /Thera (100% Pure)

Kirk Degiorgio /5 minutes of Dub (Cyphon)

Taupe /Solitude (Colours)

Paul Mitchell /Ascend (Ohm Series)

Luke Hess /Dokimion (Deeplabs)

JS Zeiter /Navigate (MCMLXV)

Havantepe /Overcast (Vertex)

Orbital /Lush 3.1 (London)

Vand /Trialism (Isotoop)

Shoal /Median (Animalia)

Altinbas /Rivers (Observer Station)

Havantepe /Rain on Window (original) (Vertex)

Stojche /Magnitude (Artless)

AV version of the mix : https://youtu.be/pugO0ErqMWg

A celestial alignment and Murf was magically here for an unscheduled mix and recording..... 3 1/2 hours later this is the document of our b2b.

We played some special tunes, somewhat eclectic, but there's a constant seam of playfulness and quality wonk.

https://youtu.be/mddc0d1HAUs?si=8a9LLPdrKSFXLKbR (video version)

Massive thanks to Ryan for making it happen! and more to Murf.... one to remember!

Tracklist:

Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke /Wandering Genie (Mark Pritchard Bandcamp)

Neil Tolliday /You & The Situation (Spirit Wrestlers)

Barker /Force of Habit (Smalltown Supersound)

Modern Living /Snowbird (Mukatsuku presents…)

Murf

Rekab /Twisted Space (Acquit)

Human Space Machine /SFR5 (Native Response)

Atomic Moog /Program (Delsin)

Anthony Georges Patrice /Over the Leap (agp/ausblick)

Ryan & Merle /Uncle Wonky [Orlando Voorn remix] (promo)

Murf

Chris Mitchell /Eyedeal [XDB remix] (Unlearn)

Ostrich /Broken Promise (Courtesy of Balance)

4:32am /Italia (Dreamflight)

Ostrich /Buttered Up (Courtesy of Balance)

Knowone /Knowone 6.5 (Knowone)

cv313 play Mike Huckaby /Original (Echospace [Detroit])

Murf

Willie Long /Acid Trax D [Sprinkles Acid Dog] (Comatonse)

Eversines /In Vivid Motion (Wex)

Metropolis /No Reason [Cypse Remix] (de Stijl)

Blasej Malinowski /Waves (Aquaregia)

Thoughtforms /E-Blue (Thoughtforms)

Pet Shop Boys /My Head is Spinning (Parlaphone)

Murf to end

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Rain on Window EP

W&P by Havantepe

with remixes but Stojche, Ulf & Ralf

140g 12’ Coloured vinyl release in full printed cover

140g 12’ Collectors Edition of 20

mastered by Ahmet Altinbas

pressed at Matter of Fact

a1 Overcast

a2 Rain on Window (Stojche’s Overdub)

b1 Condensation [at Night]

b2 Rain On Window

b3 Overcast [Ulf & Ralf’s Cloudburst]

Digital Bonus: Condensation [at Dawn]

Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/label/1709750-Vertex-Recordings-2

Bandcamp: https://verdantrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/rain-on-window

Vertex is a label collaboration between Verdant Recordings [Andy Green] & Exalt Records [Jamie Bargeman] releasing underground electronic music across the deep spectrum.

Our fourth release is from the studio of Havantepe (Ismail Genc) highly regarded and loved for his elegant, meticulously produced deep techno that has been moving dance floors and satisfying discerning minds for the last 2 decades. His collectable and prized records have been released by Baum, 200, Grounded in Humanity, Berg Audio, Luck of Access and of course several tracks & remixes on Verdant Recs.

Rain on Window was conceived when Andy and Ismail finally got to hang out in Istanbul a couple of summer’s ago. There are 5 tracks on the vinyl and a bonus tracks appears on the digital release. Overcast is sublime, emotional electro based percussion layered with signature Havantepe feels and melodies. For Rain on Window and Condensation the bpms are taken higher for head down dub techno stompers. Verdant regular Stojche contributes a brilliant version of Rain on Window, acknowledging the truest flavours and spirit of dub editing. Insiders Ulf & Ralf make their debut vinyl appearance with their atmospheric bealtess, ‘Cloudburst’ reconstruction of Overcast.

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I hooked up with Jus-Ed recently, spending some quality time in deep conversation and deep music. He graciously hosted my dig at his UQ vault (Box 32, Schöneberg) and i surfaced some hours later, very content and bagging records used in this mix. A memorable session, notable for the boutique personal service, tasty coffee and shared experiences.

If ever in Berlin, a hook up with @jus-ed is essential ...just keep it real!

Tracklist:

Joey Anderson /Rise Senth (Inimeg)

Jus-Ed /I Miss Huck (UQ)

Jus-Ed /Project 40 (UQ)

Diego Gamez /No-Depen-Dance (DeependDance)

Anton Zap /On The Road (UQ)

Jus-Ed /Pushing Through (UQ)

Jus-Ed /Mike Till We Meet Again (UQ)

Operator 2400 /Cheatin' (UQ)

BLM /Delharmonic (UQ)

Operator 2400 /The World Is... (UQ)

Jus-Ed /I AM (UQ)

Joey Anderson /Diagram Solutions (Inimeg)

Deniro /Tribe (Trip Records)

Eversines /Resilience (WEX)

Jenifer Mayanja /Minding My Own Business and Then... (Big Bait)

Jus-Ed /The Freshness (UQ)

Jus-Ed /German Fetish (UQ)

AV version https://youtu.be/W8O76lNFxJw

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Roy's Heavy Load - nearly 3 hours of meandering deepness.

Andrea Cichecki /Diffused Reflection Of Yourself (Self Released)

Fluxion /Nexus (Vibrant Music)

Sarah Wreath /Mala [Function Remix] (The Bunker NY)

Refracted /Positioning (In Veil)

Yagya /Will I Dream During The Process? [Deepchord Redesign 2] (Under The Radar)

Intrusion /Tswana Dub (Echospace [Detroit])

Dialog featuring Benji /Child Was I (Feat. Benji) (DOT)

Coreysan /Heavy Load [Nina Walsh Remix] (forthcoming on Nine Channel]

Hidden Sequence /Studio A (Moon Garden)

Le Petit /Spunto 2 (Maga Circe Musica)

Anthony Georges Patrice /Over The Leap (ausblick)

Merv /Silver (Lempuyang)

Cycle_Random /DddSp [Tm Shuffle Dub] (Notta)

Modernism /Metal Covered (Outlaw)

Sten /Escalating (Sushitech)

Kolter_Nikita /Moscow Mule (Djokocamp)

SAM /Out of Touch (Delaphine)

Romar /Cote Ciel (Blue Ciel)

Unknown /A2 Chikyu-u 001 (Chikyu-u)

Martinou /The Last Hour (Faux Pas)

Tys /We'll Figure It Out (Simpler Times)

Axel Boman /Acid Left & Right (Studio Barnaus)

4:32am /Project 1000 (Palace Trax)

Satoshi Tomiie /Process (Phonogramme)

Elutan Seluna /Sans (Sewer Sender)

Erik Leubs /Irradiated Body (Bitta)

Vand /Gaze (Isotoop)

Peveralist /Pulse XVII (Livity Sound)

Shoal /Last Piece (Animalia)

Vril /Truth Out The Cave (OmniDisc)

Paul Mitchell /Perceptron (Ohm Digital)

Monolake /Fragile (Field)

Human Space Machine /Persist (Appian Sounds)

Mown /Danse Macabre (Norite)

Atomic Moog /Landing Point (Delsin)

Havantepe /Rain on Window (forthcoming on Vertex)

Luke Hess /Perisoss (Deeplabs)

Mob Museum /Kemet (MOB)

Delano Smith /It's Not Over (Mixmode)

Fingers In The Noise /Sighs of Shadows (FITN Self Released)

VR May 2025